There is some growing evidence that the Coronavirus (Covid-19) arrived in the U.S. as early as last Fall.  If that is the case, many people have already built up immunity.

A few days ago, I shared an article on Facebook that discussed how the virus may have hit Washington state last November.  This article was shared by Tracy Beanz at UncoverDC.com… read it here.

The gist of that article was that our military participated in a military games competition last October in…. wait for it, Wuhan, China.

Our soldiers exited the U.S. through Seattle-Tacoma airport, and re-entered through there as well.  They then headed back to their bases in places such as South Carolina.

Later in the Fall, there was a spike in what the CDC refers to as Influence Like Illnesses (ILI) in places such as Washington state, South Carolina and Louisiana.

Today, I’ve read an interesting thread on Twitter that comments on an article from the Wall Street Journal.  The thread is by John Eastman and goes as follows:

“1/ This from the WSJ today, sourced from Johns Hopkins data. Odd that California–which is the epicenter of travel from China–has so few cases compared to NY. Our speculation, confirmed by anecdotal evidence from doctors in the area, is that Covid-19 hit California last fall.”

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2/ If true, that suggests a couple of things. California’s confirmed cases would be higher once we get data on all those who presented with an odd, early-onset flu last October and November. But more importantly, a lot of Californians may now be immune.

3/ slowing the spread of the disease in more recent months. NY, on the other had, had an onset that was largely derivative of Europe, which in turn was from China. So NY is behind Cal’s curve, but at a time when all “flu-like” symptom patients are being ID’d as COvid. My 2 cents.

I’m also seeing enough anecdotal evidence that suggests that the Coronavirus has been in the U.S. for a lot longer than what we’ve been told.
I personally was sick beginning January 30th, two days after I returned from Puerto Rico.  I am pretty sure that the crew on that flight was based in Las Vegas.
My symptoms started with a wicked chill and fever, then sore throat, a painful cough, fatigue and lack of appetite.  This lasted for about five days when the fever finally broke.
Luckily, my wife never became sick at that time.  However, she WAS sick over the holidays, and that started with a wicked chill and 103 degree fever.  She went to a local Patient First clinic, and tested NEGATIVE for flu.
This has been the case with many people early on with similar symptons.  They tested negative for flu, but had flu like symptoms.  This is what we’ve seen with Covid-19.
With this in mind, it may be possible that many people in the country have already been affected by the virus and now have immunity.  This may also be why the models being used by CDC continue to trend lower as far as the projected number of deaths.
Therefore, I am hoping beyond hope that we can start getting back to business a lot sooner than June.  I truly believe that if we wait that long, the consequences for the economy will be dire.